U-500 & Correct Factor

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Thu, 08/23/2018 - 14:31
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Amanda Ries
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U-500 & Correct Factor

Previous posts on this topic state that some organizations are drawing up the patients dose in pharmacy. When this is done are you drawing up both the scheduled dose and the correction factor in one syringe? Does the RN call with the glucose level for the pharmacist to evaluate what is the total dose to be given?

Does anyone have a policy/workflow they would be willing to share.

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Amanda

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